¹Ko je Mardohej zvedel, kaj se je zgodilo, raztrga svojo obleko in se ogrne z raševnikom in potrese s pepelom in gre ven v mesto ter vpije glasno in bridko.

¹And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth — a cry loud and bitter,

²In pride prav do vrat kraljevih; kajti nihče ni smel stopiti skozi vrata kraljeva, oblečen v raševnik.

²and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.

³In v vsaki pokrajini, kamorkoli je dospelo kraljevo povelje in njegov ukaz, je bila velika žalost med Judi, in postili so se in plakali in jadikovali ter mnogi so ležali na raševini in pepelu.

³And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

⁴In Esterine dekle in njeni komorniki so prišli in so ji povedali o Mardoheju, in kraljica se je silno prestrašila. In pošlje oblačila, da bi se Mardohej vanje preoblekel in raševino dejal od sebe; on jih pa ni sprejel.

⁴And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received [them].

⁵Tedaj pokliče Estera Hataha, enega kraljevih komornikov, ki ga ji je kralj dal v postrežbo, in mu naroči, naj gre k Mardoheju in zve, kaj je to in čemu tako dela?

⁵And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and wherefore this [is].

⁶Hatah torej gre ven k Mardoheju na mestni trg, ki je bil pred kraljevimi vrati.

⁶And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king,

⁷In Mardohej mu pove vse, kar se mu je prigodilo, in število srebra, ki ga je Haman obljubil odtehtati v kraljevo zakladnico za Jude, da jih pogube.

⁷and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,

⁸Dal mu je tudi prepis lista s poveljem, ki je bilo izdano v Susanu, da se pokončajo, naj ga pokaže Esteri in ji to naznani ter naj ji veli, da gre noter h kralju in ga prosi usmiljenja ter pred obličjem njegovim milo prosi za ljudstvo svoje.

⁸and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

⁹In Hatah pride in sporoči Esteri besede Mardohejeve.

⁹And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai,

¹⁰Tedaj govori Estera s Hatahom ter mu da sporočilo za Mardoheja, rekoč:

¹⁰and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

¹¹Vsi kraljevi hlapci in ljudje kraljevih pokrajin vedo, da je ena postava za vsakega, bodisi mož ali žena, ki bi vstopil h kralju v notranji dvor, ne da bi bil poklican, da tak mora umreti, razen tistega, proti kateremu seže kralj z zlatim žezlom, da ostani živ. A jaz nisem bila pozvana, naj pridem noter h kralju, že trideset dni.

¹¹`All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called — one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I — I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.`

¹²In sporoče Mardoheju besede Esterine.

¹²And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,

¹³Mardohej pa veli odgovoriti Esteri: Ne misli pri sebi, da se otmeš v kraljevi hiši sama mimo vseh Judov.

¹³and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

¹⁴Kajti ako boš docela molčala v tem času, pride olajšava in rešitev Judom iz drugega kraja, ti pa in očeta tvojega hiša bosta pokončani. In kdo ve, ali nisi za tak čas, kakršen je sedaj, dosegla kraljestva?

¹⁴but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?`

¹⁵Nato veli Estera odgovoriti Mardoheju:

¹⁵And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

¹⁶Pojdi, zberi vse Jude, ki bivajo v Susanu, in postite se zame, da ne jeste in ne pijete tri dni, ne dan, ne noč; tudi jaz s svojimi deklami se bomo enako postile. In potem pojdem noter h kralju, dasi ni po postavi; in ako poginem, naj poginem!Odšel je torej Mardohej in storil vse, prav kakor mu je velela Estera.

¹⁶`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished — I have perished.`

¹⁷Odšel je torej Mardohej in storil vse, prav kakor mu je velela Estera.

¹⁷And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.